administratwhere their first instinct, the getleman will recall, because was an imrtant ected official across the potomac and had a front-row view of what was enhe, that the vice president convened a secret energy consultation group. his energy task force which to this day has not been revealed as whoere the mbers although we're certaithat there we people from b.p., for itance, that were there, that frothe outset it was all aboutrying to cut through these red tape items, the environmental protection, thgs that got in the way of energy oduction a not focusing on priorities that would have reduced on ssil fuels. indeed,here were 105 recommendatio. only seven dlt with -- ined renewable energy. and we watched in theears at followed, theush administration actually proposeduts in the rneble energy budget andad tax breaks that they woed on th the republican aderip to pro incentivesor more dirty o proction and constently fought against effos at we brought to t floo including in some to raise the fuel efficienc standar thahadn'tn increased in a quarter century. and i'm reflectinon t and saddened that that was the